This week I have a client’s dog staying with us for board & train. The dogs have gotten along just fine. Just a few “that’s my bed, ball or toy” “conversations” that have been curtailed readily. Yesterday as I am attempting to play with Deuce and Rio and our friendly visitor, I realized that the…
Category: Solutions at home
The Power of the Crate
One of the things on some dog owner’s list is to crate train their dogs. Most of my client’s dogs are either crate trained or are in the process of being so. Besides the added benefit of helping a puppy with house training, crate training an adult dog comes with a lot of perks for…
Thank The Dog!
Giving the dogs food-dispensing toys early on these cold mornings is a nice way to get in some needed mental stimulation when no one (okay, I lie… they do) wants to go out and play in the cold. Deuce thinks that every cool toy has his name written on it – actually carved onto it….
Help with Dog eating other dog’s “poop”
Question: My question is regarding Tibault’s nasty habit of eating other dog’s poops, which makes me have to be hyper-vigilant on our walks. Anything I can do to train him not to eat poop? Answer: Hi Gita, Sure, a nasty habit indeed but depending on whom you ask! Right? Dogs can eat their own excrement…
Confidence Building – Part 2
Rio and Deuce have finished eating dinner and as we do every night, I proceed to the laundry room just after having said out loud: “Does anyone here want a bone?” Immediately I hear hurried paw steps towards the laundry room in anticipation of “dessert”. I have been trained well by these two and I…
Submit Your Behavior or Specific Situation Questions About Your Dog To Me
Through my blog Slice of Life I have shared with all of you over 100 posts to date. I hope that these posts have brought you insight and knowledge on how you can live and enjoy life alongside your dogs. So here is to a little “experiment” I would love to try: Please submit via the form below…
I have owned shoes all my life…
Once in a while I get a client that pre-phrases her or his need for help with a: ….”I have owned dogs all my life….” kind of statement. And to this kind of statement I feel like responding in oh so many ways. I wonder first why then are they calling me for help? Do…
Home Delivery
I am at home waiting for a home delivery. The home delivery people had called ahead of time as requested and now both dogs are in my office in their crates. I hear a knock on the front door and in unison with my “come in” I hear Rio barking. Ah, she probably wonders: who…